Usually means: Running back position in football.
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  1. tailback: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tailback: Merriam-Webster
  3. tailback: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tailback: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tailback: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tailback: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tailback, tailback: Wordnik
  8. tailback: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. tailback: Wiktionary
  10. tailback: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. tailback: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. tailback: Dictionary.com
  13. Tailback: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. tailback: Rhymezone
  15. tailback: FreeDictionary.org
  16. tailback: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. tailback: TheFreeDictionary.com

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noun:  (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A line of motor vehicles causing or the result of traffic congestion or a traffic jam.
noun:  (American football) A running back or halfback who lines up furthest to the rear in an I formation.

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